Wall-bed.



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WALL BED.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 15, 1911.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

H. C. MULVANBY.

WALL BED.

.1PPL1o11T10N FILED 111 1 5, 1911.

1,001,214. Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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WALL BED.

APPLICATION IILED FEB. 15, 1911. I 1,001,214, i Patented Aug.22, 1911.

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j yni 5116771 07; ry/ZHa/oa a @25 3 H w PM H r H .H 1 .MMMHHH H l H] w HM? A v To all whom it may concern:

'HENRY c. MULVANEY, or os ANGELES, CAL'IFORNIA.

I WALL-BED.

Be it known that I, HENRY C. Mom Anny, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los 'Angeles, California, have invented a new and useful VVall-Bed, of which the following is a specification. I

My object is to produce a .wall bed in which the facing or front moves up or back to the'springs'in folding so that the folded structure will be as thin as practical,'thereby making it possible to house the wall bed in a thin wall; and my invention consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed. 7 In the drawings s- Figure 1 is a perspective of the wall bed embodying the princi ples of my invention andmade up for use.

-Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional detail on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective showing the details of the sliding connection between the end of the bed frame, the foot-board and the casing. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional detail analogous to Fig. 2 and showing the bed folded, the section being taken on line 4- -4, of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a verticalsectional detail on a plane parallel with the .wall and taken on line 5:5, Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing in detail, I have shown my wall bed adapted to fold into a recess in a wall,-but it is to be understood door frame.

that the recess may be against wall, if desired.

The recess frame comprises the base board 1, the top-board 2, the side-boards 3 and 4, framing the "base-board and topboard together, and the facing 5 extending along the front edges ofthe side-boards 3 and 4 and the front edge of-the top-bo'ard 2. so as to make an appearance similar to a Vertical slots 6 are formed through the upper ends of the side-boards 3 and 4, and similar vertical slots 7 are formed through the lower ends of said side-boards. A Ventilator opening 8 is formed through .the top-board 2 and a similar ventilator opening 9 is formed through the base-board IL The back board 10 of the recess frame as" shown, is the farther facing of the wall from the room in which the bed is located and an opening is cut in the near facing 11 of the wall to receive the recess'frame. course, where the wall has only a single thickness, the near facing 11 would not ex ist, or, if the recess frame was inserted throughthe near facing 11, the farther fac- Specification of Letters Eatentl Application filed February-15', 1911 Serial Ito-608,704.

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would be applied to the recess frame.

The bed frame 12- is of the ordinary: angle iron and fabric construction. Hinge members 13 are secured to the head corners of the bed frameand a shaft 14- is inserted through the hinge members above the upper edge of the angle iron. The head-board 15 has hinge members 16 upon its lower 'corners and the shaft 14 passes through. these hinge members 16 so as to connect the head-board to the bed frame., Rollers 17 are mounted upon the ends of the shaft 14 outside of the hinge members 13, and said ing 10 WOllldilOt exist and the back board i rollers operate in the slots 7. Pintles 18 extend outwardly from the upper corners of the head-board 15 and rollers 19 are mounttances from their rear ends; said links serving as legs for the head end of the bed when in its horizontalposition. The lower-facing section 22 connects the links 21 and extends from the lower ends of the links about twothirds of their lengths. The upper facing section 23 is hinged to the upper edge of the lower facing section 22. Legs 24 extend tion 23 and links 25 connect the upper ends of the side-rails of the bed frame to the upper facing section 23 in line with the legs 24. A mirror 26 is applied to the upper facing section 23.

A-ventilator opening 27 is formed through the tloor in line ,with the ventilator opening 9 in the base-board 1. A board 28 isplaced below the floor and springs 29 connect the board 28 to the head-rail of the bed frame. A counter balancing weight 30 is secured to the back face of the head-board 15 and springs31 are connected to the base-board 1 and to the top of the head-board 15. lVhen the bed is unfolded and in use, as in Figs, 1 and 2, the tension of the springs 29 holds the.board 28 against the floor so as to close the ventilator opening 27, and when the bed is folded and-out of use, as in Figs. 4-and 5. the board 28 falls away from the floor so that air may pass through the opening 27 and upwardly through the recess around the'bed and out through the'opening from the upper end of the upper facing secthe tension of the springs 31 assists in raising thebed from its horizontal positionand.

carr'ies any desired part of the weight of the bed as it moves up or down.

' When the bed is in its unfolded position, as in Fig. 2, the links 21 serve as .legs'for the head end of the bed and the links 25 serve as legs for the foot end of the bed. As the bed swings upwardly to its folded position, the upper facin'g section 23 moves toward the fabric or bed frame and may contact with the lower edges of the sid e-rails, thus greatly reducing the thickness of the bed and making it possible to fold the vbed into a comparatively thin recess.

Bars 32 and33 aremounted rigidly upon I the bed frame parallel with the side-rails and suitable distances abovethe side-rails, and a frame 34 is pivotztlly connected to the bars 32 and 33; said frame having posts 35 and 36 at its ends and locking arms 37 and 38 extending at right angles from the lower ends of the posts. Locking rings 39 and 40 are mounted upon'the bars 32 and 33 and are adapted to slide over and around "the hinge pins connecting the frame 34 to said bars so that when the rings 39 and 40 encircle the arms 37 and 38 and the bars 32 and 33 the frame 34 is held in a vertical position as in Figs. 1 and 2.

encircle the posts 35 and 36 and the bars. 32 and 33, thereby securely clamping the bedding to the bed frame as required to sustain the bed in a vertical position, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

I claim z y In a wall bed, a base board, guide ways extending upwardly from the base board, a

bedframe between the guideways, means for connecting the bed frame to the guide ways, links connecting the base board to the bed frame, a facing hinged to the'links intermediate of the ends of the links, and asecond set of links connecting the upper end of the bed frame to the upper end of the I facing; so that when the bed frame is ele-- rated to a vertical position the facing moves toward the bed frame and so that when the bed frame is lowered to its horizontal position the facing moves away from the bed frame. 4

. HENRY C. MULVANE Y. l Vitnesses.

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